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Why Storage Solutions C-A-R-E-S For Your Warehouse Design

Why should the Storage Solutions C-A-R-E-S warehouse design optimization process matter to your company? Everyone experiences challenges & changes within their operation. With the Storage Solutions C-A-R-E-S process, we follow a systemic approach to uncover any issues you may have. These guidelines allow us to address specific opportunities for improvement, pain points, growth objectives & more. We have tailored this process to be fully customizable to fit your budget, needs, and time frame.

For example, we can address issues you may have when it comes to order fulfillment. The cause could stem from picking challenges or e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment demands. For this reason, it is imperative to design a solution that works best for you and is dynamic enough to adapt at the drop of a hat to meet external expectations.

Likewise, internal issues such as SKU proliferation or facility consolidation may be items that need to be addressed. Our C-A-R-E-S process can analyze these issues to provide you with the most efficient answer to your current problems. Similarly, we provide you with the most flexible solution to ensure you are ready for any changes down the pipeline.

In conclusion, by using our data-driven C-A-R-E-S process, we can help you create a solution that can be justified not just operationally but also economically. By developing your distribution to optimal efficiency, we can address your current and future goals. Our team of material handling professionals and our in-house design team make the perfect tandem to prepare you quickly for market changes and increased customer demands.

Now that you know why an optimized warehouse design is essential, you can learn more about our C-A-R-E-S process here!

Broken Case Picking

Broken Case Picking Design Criteria

Broken case picking is becoming more prevalent in almost all industries, creating operational challenges for many companies. When assisting with the design of your broken case picking solution, we ensure that we create the most efficient and cost-effective solution for your facility.

Our solutions development team will utilize our vast experience to help you optimize your operation and find the right equipment, automation or technology solutions to provide you with the lowest total cost per unit throughput solution.

Broken Case Picking Design Criteria

When going through a new facility design, or an existing facility optimization, we have a set of criteria that we utilize to determine the right solution to meet your specific needs.

Our team will gain a thorough understanding of the operational challenges that you are currently experiencing, such as labor, competition, market challenges and more. We then look at the overall volume levels that you are seeing in daily activity; such as the number of orders, the number of line items, and the number of units picked, packed and shipped on a typical day.

After understanding the volume of your operation, we also take a look at the order profiles. We look at the number of line items on a typical order, and the number of units per line item. The order profiles help us to determine the most efficient picking methodologies to apply to your operational solution. We break down your demand to the SKU level to identify ideal storage mediums and utilize ABC stratification to create a slotting plan that will maximize pick efficiency.

Maximizing space utilization and operational efficiency are of paramount importance. That’s why we want to partner with you to ensure your facility is running as profitably as possible.

Let us be the ones to enhance your broken case picking operation!

Temperature Controlled Storage

The Rising Need For Temperature-Controlled Storage

Temperature-controlled storage is a subject that is getting significant attention lately, and for a good reason. It is integral to the storage and supply of climate-sensitive items such as food, pharmaceuticals, and similar items. If these items rest for too long in the wrong climate – without temperature-controlled storage – they could be damaged or ruined. Of course, that loss of inventory the last thing anyone wants for their business.

The growing popularity of e-commerce, also known as the “Amazon Effect,” brings with it the need for more temperature-controlled storage space in warehouses and distribution centers across the globe. Citing a 2019 report published by Los Angeles industrial retail giant CBRE, experts anticipating an expected expansion of more than 30 million square feet of cold storage by 2024. The demand for these types of facilities is “niche, but one that is really going to take off,” according to the CRBE.

Temperature controlled space can be costly to construct and operate. Common challenges also include creating a design that is optimal for employee working conditions, safety, and maximizing storage capacity within the cubic space available.

When going this route for your company, you will want a partner that can give you the exact solution that meets your needs. By working with our expert design team, you can rest easy knowing you will get optimal utilization out of your facility. Our priority is to make sure that not only are your needs met but that your project is also completed on time and on budget.

Available Solutions for Temperature Controlled Storage

  • Drive-in Rack
  • Pushback Rack
  • Semi-automated deep lane storage system
  • Fully automated, cart-based AS/RS system
  • Dense storage methods with “pick tunnel” designs incorporated to accommodate case picking
  • Carton flow rack for case pick items
  • Vertical Lift Machines (VLMs) for each pick items
2018 Kickoff

Storage Solutions 2018 Kickoff!

As we roll into 2018, we at Storage Solutions are excited to begin another successful year. With our experience and all of our great partners, we have no doubts that we are in a great place to help you achieve your annual goals. We are ecstatic to serve you this year, so let’s look at the ways that we can assist you!

Storage Solutions is a leading equipment and material handling partner, so we are always here to provide you with new and used equipment. We are also more than happy to buy your old equipment. Our dedicated purchasing team is a great resource to help you make money off your unused material.

With their decades of experience, our in-house Design & Solutions Development team will make the best solution for you to make sure that your facility is running at optimal efficiency. Click here for some examples of our solutions development work.

As your material handling partner, we want to work with you every step of the way through your project. We’re here for all your needs, from the permitting and safety side to logistics and installation. Take a look at our warehouse services page and see for yourself what we can provide you with.

Above all, we would like to thank you for being our partner in the past, present, and future. As we approach our 40th anniversary this July, we would like to say thank you; without you none of what we do is possible. We are excited about 2018 and all the opportunities it brings to serve you. Contact us today to get started!

Frank Blanton

New Employee Spotlight: Frank Blanton

Frank Blanton

Storage Solutions is excited to announce the expansion of our service offerings to now includes Facility Design Solutions!  We have welcomed Frank Blanton to the team as Director of Solutions Development to provide broad and innovative ways to help create optimized fulfillment results for your business and customer needs.  In partnering with the Storage Solutions sales team and the client, our Solutions Development team will work collaboratively to develop the lowest total cost facility solution and suggest efficiency improvements in space, labor and equipment.

Client Driven Assessments for Unique Solutions:

In this business, every operation is unique, so why shouldn’t your assessment be?  Frank & our Solutions Development team approach each opportunity with the understanding that our customer’s experience a variety of issues and therefore need solutions that accommodate their explicit needs.  This enables us to cater the assessments specifically to each client.  We will review the operation in each functional area to determine what is working, what areas could use improvement and provide a business case that supports the financial decision to implement our recommendations.

Who is Frank Blanton?:

Frank joins the Storage Solutions team bringing facility design knowledge and experience from over 30 years in a wide variety of industries.  He has developed distribution & fulfillment facility designs for companies from many different industries & has broad experience with all types of equipment & technology solutions ranging from storage applications to highly complex automated systems.  He is excited to share his expertise in the field and execute game-changing solutions for our clients.

What Can Frank Do For You?:

As a way to introduce our clients to Frank’s expertise and capabilities, we will be offering a summer special on his team’s facility design and operational assessment services.  Click here for more information on how to take advantage of this opportunity!